Zenith Press imprint: 44 books
The Voyage of the Beagle
The Illustrated Edition of Charles Darwin's Travel Memoir and Field Journal
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Enjoy the best-selling memoir of Charles Darwin's journey of discovery aboard the HMS Beagle--now fully illustrated for the first time.
The Voyage of the Beagle is Darwin's fascinating account of his groundbreaking sea voyage that led to his writing On the Origin of Species.
When the...
The Luck of the Draw: The Memoir of a World War II Submariner: From Savo Island to the Silent Service
The Memoir of a World War II Submariner: From Savo Island to the Silent Service
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2005
A coin flip likely saved the life of Kenneth C. Ruiz. It was August 1942 and he was fresh out of the U.S. Naval Academy. He and a classmate flipped a coin to see who would stand watch on the bridge of their heavy cruiser, the USS Vincennes, off Savo Island as the Marines were landing on Guadalcanal....
Predator: The Remote-Control Air War over Iraq and Afghanistan: A Pilot's Story
The Remote-Control Air War over Iraq and Afghanistan: A Pilot's Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
The Nintendo generation has taken to the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan where remotely controlled aircraft are killing America¹s enemies and saving American lives. Matt J. Martin is considered a "top gun" in the world of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). For nearly four years, he has...
Normandy
A Graphic History of D-Day, The Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Normandy depicts the planning and execution of Operation Overlord in 96 full-color pages. The initial paratrooper assault is shown, as well as the storming of the five D-Day beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. But the story does not end there. Once the Allies got ashore, they had to stay ashore....
Gettysburg
The Graphic History of America's Most Famous Battle and the Turning Point of The Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
The Battle of Gettysburg is a landmark event in United States history. Widely recognized as the Civil Wars turning point, it accounted for the most casualties of any battle during the war and spelled the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. In this powerful graphic history, Wayne Vansant describes...
The Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood: U.S. Marines in World War I
U.S. Marines in World War I
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Facing massed German machine guns, the Marines made sweep after bloody sweep through Belleau Wood. Repeatedly accosted by the retreating French and urged to turn back, Captain Lloyd Williams of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, uttered the now-famous retort, "Retreat, hell. We just got...
by Michael Green,James D. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
The powerful German counteroffensive operation codenamed "Wacht am Rhein" (Watch on the Rhine) launched against the American First Army in the early morning hours of December 16, 1944, would result in the greatest single extended land battle of World War II. To most Americans, the fierce...
by Mark Wagner,Guy Norris
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
With the launch of its superjumbo, the A380, Airbus made what looked like an unbeatable bid for commercial aviation supremacy. But archrival Boeing responded: Not so fast. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has already generated more excitement--and more orders--than any commercial airplane in the company's...
Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts: Himmler's Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS
Himmler's Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
At the heart of the evil of Nazism was Hitler's "witch doctor," Heinrich Himmler, and his peculiar and deadly organization with the mundane name Schutzstaffel, literally "protective squadron." Undoubtedly you know them better as the feared SS, the very essence of Nazism. Their...
SR-71
The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
At the height of the Cold War in 1964, President Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to strategic reconnaissance. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flew more than three-and-a-half times the speed of sound, so fast that no other aircraft could catch it. Above 80,000 feet, its pilots had...
by Henry Holden
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2004
To Be A U.S. Air Force Pilot details every step of training for those with the skill and daring to "cross into the blue" as an elite U.S. Air Force pilot. The book traces the growth of aspiring young recruits, starting with grueling physical and mental tests, early flight training on high-tech...
Airbus A380: Superjumbo of the 21st Century
Superjumbo of the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2005
Poised for takeoff on that hot morning in April 2005, the Airbus A380 had the purposeful, powerful presence of a giant predatory bird. With its enormous gulled wings, imperiously tall tail, and broad, domed forepeak, it looked ready to take on the world. And along the way, it has had plenty of supporters-and...
A Spy's Journey: A CIA Memoir
A CIA Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
In 1967 Floyd Paseman joined the Central Intelligence Agency following successful service as an army officer in Germany. He was first stationed in the Far East, where he became fluent in Chinese language and culture, and then in Germany, at what was largely considered the agency's toughest Cold War...
The War I Always Wanted: The Illusion of Glory and the Reality of War
The Illusion of Glory and the Reality of War
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
Growing up in the shadows of the giant B-52 Stratofortresses that thundered away from the nearby Barksdale Air Force Base, Brandon Friedman dreamed of becoming a warrior and defending his country. But dreams of heroism and the realities of war can look very different, and when Brandon joined the army...